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GENERAL MOVIE NEWS

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser (www.moviemuser.co.uk)

Her Trailer – Joaquin Phoenix & Scarlett Johansson star in Spike Jonze’s latest

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We haven’t had a feature length movie from Spike Jonze since Where The Wild Things Are in 2009, but now he’s returning with Her, which has just released its first trailer. Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson star in the film, with the trailer working almost like a short in its own right. It’s something slightly different and yet the same from Jonze, as he’s never really done a proper romantic drama before – even if this is a romance between a man and a computer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to grant the user’s every command. To Theodore’s surprise, a romantic relationship develops between himself and the operating system.’

Her is due out in the US in November. [Read more…]

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Jennifer Lawrence Is Ready For The Arena In A New Hunger Games: Catching Fire Pic

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A new pic from Hunger Games: Catching Fire has arrived, via EW, which shows Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, sitting in a chair and waiting to be thrust back into the arena.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.’

The film’s due out November 22nd.

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Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard & Cameron Monaghan Join Jeff Bridges in The Giver

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Meryl-StreepJust yesterday it was revealed Meryl Streep had signed up to reunite with Robert De Niro for The Good House. Now Deadline and The Wrap report that she’s also circling The Giver, which perhaps surprisingly will mark the first time she’s star alongside Jeff Bridges. Alexander Skarsgard & Cameron Monaghan are also up for the movie.

Phillip Noyce is set to direct the sci-fi drama, which is based on a novel by author Lois Lowry. The story is set in the future where the entire range of human emotion has been forgotten. In the society, The Giver has been given the right to remember the past in case it is deemed necessary to make use of it. A young boy named Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) has been given the right to become the next Giver and his life is thrown into question when he begins his training with an elderly Giver.

Meryl Streep will be playing the Chief Elder in the movie, an antagonist and “authoritarian charged with keeping order in [the] society.” Jeff Bridges meanwhile will be the title character, who delivers the memories that uproot a rebellion in the young man. Skarsgard is set to play Jonas’ father, while Monaghan will portray Asher, Jonas’ best friend.

The Weinstein Company and Walden Media are backing the movie, although it isn’t clear when it will shoot.

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Leonardo DiCaprio May Be Going Viking With King Harald

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leo-dicaprioLeo DiCaprio must really love the Vikings, as a few years ago he was attached to star in he was attached to star in an epic Norse tale, which Mel Gibson was set to direct. However when Gibson went back into meltdown mode, the project disappeared.

However Warner Bros. and DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company have bought Mark L. Smith’s Viking-based script pitch, King Harald, which will be developed for Leo to star in. DiCaprio is apparently a history buff and is keen to get the movie off the ground.

Deadline says the movie is about Harald Hardrada, the 11th Century conqueror who has been called the last great Viking king. Harald was ‘King of Norway for two decades, but his quest for power and thirst for battle led to his being exiled for a time to Russia and then returning in triumph.’

The movie is apparently envisioned as a Braveheart-style story, so it’ll be hoping to go epic.

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Diana Trailer – Naomi Watts takes on the People’s Princess

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Naomi Watts was walking into a potential firestorm the moment she took the title role in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Diana, although on the evidence of this new trailer, she may pull off the portrayal of the People’s Princess. Whether the film will be any good is yet to be seen though.

The film focuses on the time after Princess Diana’s divorce from Prince Charles and a secret romance between the then-most famous woman in the world and a Pakistani heart surgeon (Naveen Andrews), who the movie suggests she fell harder for than her more public relationships with James Hewitt and Dodi Fayed.

Those worrying about whether it will wallow in her death apparently don’t need to worry, as it’s said it solely focuses on this romance. Diana reaches UK cinemas on September 20th, but no US date is currently set. [Read more…]

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New Jobs Trailer – Ashton Kutcher is an Official American Legend

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While Jobs got a bit of a mixed reaction when it debuted earlier this year at Sundance, there’s certainly a fair amount of interesting in the movie. Now a new trailer has popped up, so we can get our own feel for the film, which promises it’s about an ‘Official American Legend’.

The film is about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher), following him ‘from the enthusiasm and self-discovery of his youth through his darkest days, brightest triumphs, and the ultimate power of his drive, his passions, and his undying will to change everything we thought possible. Dark, honest, and uncompromising, Jobs plunges into the depths of Steve Jobs’ character, uncovering his driving motivations, his gifts, his flaws, his failures, and his ultimate successes.’

It hits US cinemas on August 16th. No UK date is set yet. [Read more…]

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Robert De Niro & Meryl Streep To Reunite For The Good House

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robert-de-niroRobert De Niro and Meryl Streep have starred together in The Deer Hunter, Falling In Love and Marvin’s Room, but they haven’t been in a movie together since 1996. Now they’re getting back together as Deadline reports they’ve both come aboard The Good House, based on Ann Leary’s bestselling novel.

The book is ‘darkly comic, and told through the eyes of Hildy Good (Streep), a New England realtor and not-so-recovering alcoholic whose perfectly compartmentalized life starts to come apart at the seams when she forms a new friendship with Rebecca McCallister. As Rebecca becomes the subject of town gossip, Hildy rekindles an old flame with Frank Getchell (De Niro), a tell it like it is Yankee, who tries to un-complicate her complicated life.’

Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours is set to write the script. It doesn’t appear a director is currently set. There’s no news either on when it might shoot.

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Harrison Ford To Star In The Expendables 3, But Bruce Willis Won’t Return

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harrison-fordWay back last November there were rumours that Sylvester Stallone was trying to secure Harrison Ford for The Expendables 3. It’s taken a long time but Stallone has now confirmed that Harrison will indeed be part of the movie but Bruce Willis, who appeared in the first two movies, won’t return.

Stallone tweeted, ‘WILLIS OUT… HARRISON FORD IN !!!! GREAT NEWS !!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!’

It was recently revealed that Kellan Lutz is in talks to play a member of a younger group of Expendables who will go up against the likes of Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews and Randy Couture. Mel Gibson is currently set to be the villain, with Jackie Chan, Steven Seagal, Milla Jovovich and Wesley Snipes also rumoured to star.

Patrick Hughes (Red Hill) is directing from a screenplay by Richard Wenk. Production is scheduled to begin later this summer.

There’s also suggestions of a rift between Willis and Stallone as Sylvester followed his tweet above with the message, ‘GREEDY AND LAZY …… A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE’, although didn’t say what he was talking about.

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Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci Returning To Write Star Trek 3

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roberto-orci-alex-kurtzmanA couple of weeks ago it was reported that Paramount was thinking of hiring Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller (Thor, X-Men: First Class) to write Star Trek 3. That surprised many, as it suggested Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who wrote the first two, were leaving the franchise behind.

However the news of the other writers might just have been a negotiating ploy on the part of Paramount, as THR reports that Orci and Kurtzman are in now in talks to write the screenplay for Star Trek 3, with J.J. Abrams in the process of signing up to remain aboard the franchise as a producer (although he won’t direct as he’ll be too busy with Star Wars Episode VII.

Star Trek Into Darkness co-writer Damon Lindelof is not going to be a part of this sequel (at least at this point), which Paramount is hoping to release in 2016, which would coincide with the 50th anniversary of the original Star Trek TV.

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana and most of the rest of the cast are expected to return, although there’s no news yet on who will be directing them. The latest rumours sayt Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe Retaliation) is the studio’s top candidate, but we’ll have to wait and see who’ll end up helming.

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Sam Rockwell Circling Poltergeist Reboot

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sam-rockwellA couple of weeks ago the long gestating remake of Poltergeist stepped up a gear when it was announced that Rosemarie Dewitt had signed up to star. Now she may have some company as TheWrap reports that Sam Rockwell is in early talks to join her.

Gil Kenan (Monster House) is set to direct, with Rockwell up to play the husband of Rosemarie DeWitt’s character, taking over the role played by Craig T. Nelson is the original. The movie is about the Bowen family, whose lives are turned upside down when paranormal forces begin to take hold of their youngest daughter, Madison. Sam Rockwell is reportedly weighing a number of offers, including a supporting role in Sony’s musical remake Annie, but it is believed that Poltergeist will be the actor’s next project assuming contract terms are sorted out.

The hope is to shoot the movie later this year for release in 2014.

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